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Committee advances bill to regulate nicotine pouches, rejects food-exemption amendment
Summary
House Bill 2528B would add nicotine derived from any source to Oregon’s tobacco-product definition and move penalties to civil enforcement; the committee defeated an amendment to explicitly exclude foods with trace naturally occurring nicotine and later moved the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue on June 23 considered House Bill 2528B, which would add nicotine derived from any source to Oregon’s definition of tobacco products for regulatory purposes, replace criminal penalties with civil enforcement and prohibit free samples. The measure would require sales of tobacco and nicotine products to occur at licensed premises.
Nut graf: Sponsors and public-health advocates said HB 2528B closes a state-level loophole allowing retailers to sell nicotine pouches and other non‑tobacco-derived nicotine products to minors; opponents argued the bill…
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